After six days of gales from the S.E. to S.W. the wind changed on the 15th December to the N.W., blowing a moderate gale, with squalls of rain and a heavy, confused sea. During the afternoon the coxswain saw, about six miles S.E., a tramp steamer with a very heavy list making head-on for the land, and apparently flying some signal from the mast. The motor: life-boat Mary Stanford put out at 3 P.M., within six minutes of the decision to launch.

After she had gone about four miles she saw the steamer alter her course and head for Cork harbour. In view of her list, she escorted her there. She arrived back at her station at 7.15 P.M.

The steamer was the Lady Martin, of Dublin, bound, laden, from Havre to Cork.—Rewards, £17 Os. 3d..